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The Use of Water Plants in Biomonitoring And Phytoremediation of Waters Polluted with Heavy Metals

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Krems P., Rajfur M., Wacławek M., Kłos A.

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

2013

vol. 20

issue 2

353-370

The publication is a synthetic review of many years of research on the possibility of using water plants (macrophytes) to assess pollution of surface waters and the possibility of using the biomass in phytoremediation processes. The results of the research of kinetics and equilibria of heavy metals sorption and desorption conditions were presented in order to repeatedly use the biomass, as well as the research on the influence of abiotic factors on sorption processes. Defence mechanisms of macrophytes, which enable them to vegetate in considerably polluted waters, have been discussed. The results presented herein and carried out in many countries demonstrate that macrophytes can be successfully used in the biomonitoring of water environments and phytoremediation of waters and sewage; however, validation of these procedures requires more detailed research of the mechanisms, which accompany them.

Publikacja jest syntetycznym przeglądem prowadzonych od wielu lat badań, dotyczących możliwości zastosowania roślin wodnych (makrofitów) do oceny zanieczyszczenia wód powierzchniowych oraz możliwości wykorzystania ich biomasy w procesach fitoremediacji. Przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących kinetyki i równowag sorpcji metali ciężkich, warunków desorpcji, w celu wielokrotnego wykorzystania biomasy, oraz badań dotyczących wpływu czynników abiotycznych na procesy sorpcji. Omówiono mechanizmy obronne makrofitów, umożliwiające im wegetację w wodach o znacznym zanieczyszczeniu. Zaprezentowane wyniki badań, prowadzonych w wielu krajach świata, wskazują, że makrofity mogą być w przyszłości z powodzeniem wykorzystywane w biomonitoringu środowiska wodnego oraz w fitoremediacji wód i ścieków, przy czym walidacja procedur wymaga dokładniejszego poznania mechanizmów, jakie towarzyszą tym procesom.

The Use Of Mosses In Biomonitoring Of Selected Areas In Poland And Spitsbergen In The Years From 1975 To 2014

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Kłos A., Bochenek Z., Bjerke J. W., Zagajewski B., Ziółkowski D., Ziembik Z., Rajfur M., Dołhańczuk-Śródka A., Tømmervik H., Krems P., Jerz D., Zielińska M.

issue 2

201-218

We have compared historical changes in concentrations of the heavy metals Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb accumulated in samples from the Polish woodlands of Beskidy and Karkonosze (S, SE Poland) and the north-east regions of the country, versus the relatively little polluted areas of Spitsbergen of the Svalbard Archipelago. We have combined the results from literature with new results from 2014. The regions of Beskidy and Karkonosze were the most exposed to heavy metals deposition. However, from 1975 to 2014 there was a considerable decrease of concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb at all Polish sites, clearly signifying improvement of environmental quality. For example, the average Cd concentration in mosses samples collected in Karkonosze decreased from 0.002 mg/g in 1975 to 0.0006 mg/g in 2014. It is interesting to observe relatively large concentrations of nickel in moss samples collected in 2014 in the Svalbard archipelago, in the vicinity of Longyearbyen (average 0.018 mg/g) which most likely originate from local mine waste piles.

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2 Krems P.

2 Kłos A.

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1 Bochenek Z.

1 Dołhańczuk-Śródka A.

1 Jerz D.

1 Tømmervik H.

1 Wacławek M.

1 Zagajewski B.

1 Zielińska M.

1 Ziembik Z.

1 Ziółkowski D.

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